So he is making the national parks charge people for entrance on Monday MLK day when it’s supposed to be free and switched it to his orange birthday to get in free!!! Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the National parks instead protested and let people in free on MLK day anyway and charge them in June on his birthday!!! Come on national park service it would be great 😊
"Less than two days after an ICE agent killed Renee Good in Minneapolis, DHS posted a recruitment video using a song popular in neo-Nazi spaces, built around language about reclaiming “our home” by “blood or sweat,” phrasing tied to white supremacist manifestos and real-world violence."
As a secular Reform Jew, Miller totally infuriates and embarrasses me. I cannot stop remembering that he and Roy Cohen have shaped this monster of a President.
I saw a poster from a MN protest that read, when the lawmakers are the lawbreakers, there is no law. Right now we live at the whims of a mad king who was given immunity to pillage by SCOTUS conservatives, who themselves pillage. Isn't that the case, Clarence Thomas?
Thank you for the honest, straightforward Substack talk we have every Saturday, Olivia! As mad as this info makes me, I feel better equipped to include specifics about what's happening when I talk w/ fam and friends. It also confirms what I'm thinking when I read or watch these stories live on socials before they reach more channels. I, too, have found the monks' Walk for Peace a grounding event that reminds me of what Mom and Dad taught me, what the nuns @ school drilled into us for eight yrs of parochial education 😉 and what I have found to be respectful, compassionate and mindful ways to communicate with the world and people in general: using gentle kindness or simply the Golden Rule of Do unto others ... I'm particularly more of a work in progress in this area these days thanks to the 🍊🤡 but I sincerely try.
My boyfriend and I are both Penn alums too. We were horrified by that section and the fact that the university didn’t immediately say no to the request. I used to donate to the Penn Fund and also volunteered prospective students. I stopped both when all the anti-Semitic activities began and the school administration didn’t stand up for the community. Not sure I’ll ever go back… 😢
Thanks for all you do, Olivia! You’re amazing. 😍🙏🙌
Your first bullet point about Trump and MAGA raking in money, oil execs quietly donating millions, getting family members out of trouble ... I guess it's not surprising but it's disturbing to read it in print.
I feel like we're being overwhelmed, steamrolled into something most Americans don't want: Living under autocratic rule, with racial animus a feature, not a bug. Assigning blame, while not totally productive, is instructive.
Mitch McConnell shanking Obama's SC choices and letting Trump off the hook matters. We've now got an SC that's ruled a President has near total immunity and people can be stopped by DHS just for having dark skin.
Merrick Garland matters
>10M Dem voters who didn't vote in '16 and '24 matter
Schumer and Jeffries, two of the party's weakest ever leaders, matter.
I could go on. Y'all could too. But nothing will imperil this country and the world more than a military operation in Greenland, and that seems that's more than tough talk from beta males. NATO will collapse, and we'll be fighting, not just Greenland, but also Denmark and Germany and France who've sent troops to Greenland. Sounds a lot like WWIII to me.
I can't believe what's happening to my country.
If you want to know what's coming next, yes, follow the money. But more importantly ask yourself What Would Putin Do? #WWPD.
That's like saying of a manager whose team just finished last by 20 games "Ya know, if he had Koufax, Mantle, Mays and Willie McCovey, he'd have been pretty good:
These two guys are the wrong guys at the wrong time.
Schumer in particular. A few months back he went on The View and one of the ladies asked him "Are you still the right guy for this job?"
"Yes, because I get people elected"
In the last 6 years we've lost the House, the Senate and the WH. He's getting REPUBLICANS elected. Just quit.
We (Democrats) could really use a Sandy Koufax and a Mickey Mantle on our team about now — & I'd take Willie Mays, too, for sure. Perhaps, in a way, we are in agreement — come November, we need to hit it outa the park. 🏟️
I can't know what was in the heart of Rep. Kristin Noble when she wrote "them" and "us" in her ridiculous chat post, but given there are really no minority majority areas in NH, but definitely perceived leaning liberal strongholds in education (there is a growing conservative groundswell in charter/alt education spaces in NH) the "them" and "us" is entrenched and loudly debated at school board meetings, so her flippant comments were probably political. Nearby to our town's school complex there is a resident who thinks it's funny to have a yard sign that reads, "Spay and Neuter all Liberals". This is along the walking route of many kids as they make their way to school, imagine what they internalize with those choice words. NH has gotten weirder with its politics, over the past 15 or more years a group of Libertarians have promoted the state as a Free State for their brand of small/no government, and have attracted many followers to move in, and influence the political landscape (much to the disruption and defunding of school boards). They have run as both Ds and Rs for small town seats and wider as state legislators, quietly shaping and undermining our system. Libertarianism has been a part of NH for years, however this imported iteration has a more intense militia/unschooling/anti-government bent which is new.
"And it doesn’t stop at policy. Some donors had family members facing serious federal charges that later vanished. Others gave millions while angling for ambassadorships or running companies swimming in Defense Department contracts, all while the FEC can’t even investigate."
So he is making the national parks charge people for entrance on Monday MLK day when it’s supposed to be free and switched it to his orange birthday to get in free!!! Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the National parks instead protested and let people in free on MLK day anyway and charge them in June on his birthday!!! Come on national park service it would be great 😊
I am "hopeful" there will be a day of 'stay away from national parks' on the evil orange man's date of birth.
Me too
Thank you, Olivia. Please keep up the great work! We appreciate you and your passion.
Waiting for this and thank you "O". Still only 6:30 out her in the west and watching Serie A futbol which I know you love
UofP better not comply. i am a Jewish alumna. this is against our rights.
"Less than two days after an ICE agent killed Renee Good in Minneapolis, DHS posted a recruitment video using a song popular in neo-Nazi spaces, built around language about reclaiming “our home” by “blood or sweat,” phrasing tied to white supremacist manifestos and real-world violence."
= Stephen Miller
As a secular Reform Jew, Miller totally infuriates and embarrasses me. I cannot stop remembering that he and Roy Cohen have shaped this monster of a President.
Unfortunate times we are living in stay vigilant everyone 🇺🇸🌞🇺🇸💙💯
I saw a poster from a MN protest that read, when the lawmakers are the lawbreakers, there is no law. Right now we live at the whims of a mad king who was given immunity to pillage by SCOTUS conservatives, who themselves pillage. Isn't that the case, Clarence Thomas?
Thank you Olivia. You really help.
We’re quickly descending into banana republic status, and we’re only one year into this Trump 2.0 nightmare.
Thank you for the honest, straightforward Substack talk we have every Saturday, Olivia! As mad as this info makes me, I feel better equipped to include specifics about what's happening when I talk w/ fam and friends. It also confirms what I'm thinking when I read or watch these stories live on socials before they reach more channels. I, too, have found the monks' Walk for Peace a grounding event that reminds me of what Mom and Dad taught me, what the nuns @ school drilled into us for eight yrs of parochial education 😉 and what I have found to be respectful, compassionate and mindful ways to communicate with the world and people in general: using gentle kindness or simply the Golden Rule of Do unto others ... I'm particularly more of a work in progress in this area these days thanks to the 🍊🤡 but I sincerely try.
My boyfriend and I are both Penn alums too. We were horrified by that section and the fact that the university didn’t immediately say no to the request. I used to donate to the Penn Fund and also volunteered prospective students. I stopped both when all the anti-Semitic activities began and the school administration didn’t stand up for the community. Not sure I’ll ever go back… 😢
Thanks for all you do, Olivia! You’re amazing. 😍🙏🙌
Understandiing shouldn't be gated. A thousand thank yous!
This is highly disturbing. All of it.
Your first bullet point about Trump and MAGA raking in money, oil execs quietly donating millions, getting family members out of trouble ... I guess it's not surprising but it's disturbing to read it in print.
I feel like we're being overwhelmed, steamrolled into something most Americans don't want: Living under autocratic rule, with racial animus a feature, not a bug. Assigning blame, while not totally productive, is instructive.
Mitch McConnell shanking Obama's SC choices and letting Trump off the hook matters. We've now got an SC that's ruled a President has near total immunity and people can be stopped by DHS just for having dark skin.
Merrick Garland matters
>10M Dem voters who didn't vote in '16 and '24 matter
Schumer and Jeffries, two of the party's weakest ever leaders, matter.
I could go on. Y'all could too. But nothing will imperil this country and the world more than a military operation in Greenland, and that seems that's more than tough talk from beta males. NATO will collapse, and we'll be fighting, not just Greenland, but also Denmark and Germany and France who've sent troops to Greenland. Sounds a lot like WWIII to me.
I can't believe what's happening to my country.
If you want to know what's coming next, yes, follow the money. But more importantly ask yourself What Would Putin Do? #WWPD.
Schumer and Jeffries would be outstanding leaders, given a Democratic majority, IMHO,
That's like saying of a manager whose team just finished last by 20 games "Ya know, if he had Koufax, Mantle, Mays and Willie McCovey, he'd have been pretty good:
These two guys are the wrong guys at the wrong time.
Schumer in particular. A few months back he went on The View and one of the ladies asked him "Are you still the right guy for this job?"
"Yes, because I get people elected"
In the last 6 years we've lost the House, the Senate and the WH. He's getting REPUBLICANS elected. Just quit.
We (Democrats) could really use a Sandy Koufax and a Mickey Mantle on our team about now — & I'd take Willie Mays, too, for sure. Perhaps, in a way, we are in agreement — come November, we need to hit it outa the park. 🏟️
I can't know what was in the heart of Rep. Kristin Noble when she wrote "them" and "us" in her ridiculous chat post, but given there are really no minority majority areas in NH, but definitely perceived leaning liberal strongholds in education (there is a growing conservative groundswell in charter/alt education spaces in NH) the "them" and "us" is entrenched and loudly debated at school board meetings, so her flippant comments were probably political. Nearby to our town's school complex there is a resident who thinks it's funny to have a yard sign that reads, "Spay and Neuter all Liberals". This is along the walking route of many kids as they make their way to school, imagine what they internalize with those choice words. NH has gotten weirder with its politics, over the past 15 or more years a group of Libertarians have promoted the state as a Free State for their brand of small/no government, and have attracted many followers to move in, and influence the political landscape (much to the disruption and defunding of school boards). They have run as both Ds and Rs for small town seats and wider as state legislators, quietly shaping and undermining our system. Libertarianism has been a part of NH for years, however this imported iteration has a more intense militia/unschooling/anti-government bent which is new.
I have loathed the Free Staters for years, and I don't even have any connection with NH.
they are disrupters, for good or bad I am wary of their motives and worry about how their actions will negatively influence our small state.
Now I do know what was in Kristin Noble's Heart... https://vnews.com/2026/01/19/noble-advocates-segregated-schools/
Yup.
"And it doesn’t stop at policy. Some donors had family members facing serious federal charges that later vanished. Others gave millions while angling for ambassadorships or running companies swimming in Defense Department contracts, all while the FEC can’t even investigate."
Just in the last 72 hours no less - so brazen
Thank you Olivia
“. . understanding shouldn’t be hated.”
You have such a shiny heart, Olivia. ♥️
Never hide your light.